Ethiopia: Living Dirt Poor in the Midst of Glamour

The latest report assessing Ethiopia's progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) released in October 2015 commended Ethiopia for being on track to attain five of the eight targets while achieving its target of reducing child mortality by two thirds ahead of time.

However the progress report, the fifth since the MDG was first announced in 2000 and the more detailed as well as broader in coverage, advised Ethiopia not only to work harder on the goals the country is lagging behind - mainly ensuring gender equality and empowering women (MDG3) and improving maternal health (MDG5) - but also highlighted the problems of extreme poverty and the need to deal with it.

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